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BASILAR MEMBRANE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A membrane in the cochlea that supports the organ of Corti
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("basilar membrane" is a kind of...):
membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)
Holonyms ("basilar membrane" is a part of...):
cochlea (the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti)
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